Great Neck South High School - Vista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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DEDICATION AAr. O Tool chats with students aftor school. Many fine phrases may be used to characterize Mr. O'Toole, but one—love of life—reveals his personality to a greater extent than any other. It is his great joy in the beauty of life that has endeared him to so many, for his enthusiasm is contageous and none who come in contact with him are unaffected by the experience. Mr. J. Robert O'Toole received his B.A. at Duquesne University and studied for his Master's degree at a number of schools, including Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, and Xavier. Before coming to Great Neck, he taught at schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Paoli and McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He has been a member of our English De- partment for a total of four years. In addition to his regular duties as a teacher, Mr. O'Toole served as Southerner faculty advisor for a year and has been Calliope sponsor since its inception three years ago. Mr. O’Toole has a great talent for teaching: he has an almost magical flair for awakening in students the desire to learn. But his greatest gift is his boundless optimism, good humor, and, above all, his ever-present kindness, which make him a truly outstanding human being. His way, so honest to himself, so constructive to others, becomes his students' way. It is to this man, to all he is and stands for, that we dedicate VISTA 1963. 4

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VISTA 1963 GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL GREAT NECK, NEW YORK

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FOREWORD Crescendo describes a general building-up or gradual increase in intensity or impressiveness. With this in mind, we have chosen CRESCENDO as the theme of VISTA 1963. It implies a growth in awareness and perception through the senses and the intellect. Growing up at South has been such a crescendo. Life at school always seems harder the year after. New experiences mature us further a year later. Each new bit of information increases our fund of experience and our capa- bilities. The deeper we delve into a subject, the more intricate it becomes. The closer we scrutinize a book, the better we can evaluate its worth. Learning, first an accumula- tion of facts, develops into the accruing of ideas. Often we encounter the commonplaces, “Education is never-ending, and “The more you learn, the less you know. Knowledge, experience, life, all reveal the complexity of our universe. Schooling at Great Neck South contributed to our crescendo in understanding. VISTA is the yearbook of our school. Describing student activities, it attempts to portray the spirit of the year at South. This spirit, a crescendo of people and events in the life of the school, is the theme of VISTA 1963. 5